Automobile wheel attachment



C. M. HUGGINS AND 0.]. CLINE.

AUTOMOBILE WHEEL ATTACHMENT.

' APPLICATION FILED FEB. 7, 1921.

Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

G.M.Huggi,ns& C, IC-Lne BY M95;

ATTORNEY WIT BSM UNITED nr orrics.

CLAUDE MACKEY EUGGINS AND CELLVZN JOHN CLINE, G3? NEWARK, OHIO.

AUTOIJIOBELE JI' IE'EL iilTACE-IMENT.

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Application filed February rutomobile vVheel rrttachments, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of our present invention is the provision or an anti-slip andnon-thett attachment for automobile wheels susceptible of being quicklyand easily secured on the tire portion of an automobile wheel in suchposition as to enable its 'groundengaging blade to operate to the bestadvantage in extricating a wheel from a hole by preventing slipping otthe wheel and in preventing rotation oi the wheel on a smooth roadway tosuch an extent as to attract notice and prevent theft of an automobile,

To the attainment of th foregoing, the invention consists in theimprovement as hereinatter described and definitely claimed.

In the acci'mipanying drawings, forming part hereot l igure l. is a vi wshowing the tire portion of a wheel in transverse section with ouri'znprovr-nnent properly applied.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Figures 3 and t are detail sectional views hercina'ltcr explicitlyreferred to.

l igurc 5 is a view showing the application oi? a paddock when theattachment is to be secured against unauthorized removal, from thewheel.

Similar numerals of reterence designate tor-responding parts in all ofthe views of the drawings.

Among other elements our novel attachment conip ies a blade 1 designedto be arranged transversely of and to project radially troni the tire oia wheel as ppeinrs in l igure 1. The said blade 1 I ably ribbed at itsopposite sides in its transverse center as indicated by 2 in order tolend increased stiffness and strength to the blade. Said blade 1 ispreferably inserted and secured in a slot 3 in a concavo-convex shoe a;of metal or other appropriate material. a base flange on the blade beingseated ina recess in the inner side of the shoe t, Figures 3 and 4. owould have it understood. however. that it is within the purview of ourinvention to fix the blade 1 to the shoe & in any approved manner or toform the said blade 1 integral with the shoe 4.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1922. 7, 1921. Serial No. 443,182. 7

The shoe 4: is designed to be arranged against the tread portion of theWheel tire in the manner illustrated, and in addition to the said shoe 4and the blade 1 thereon our improvement includes a clamp body 5 to bearranged transversely at the inner side oi the telly 6 or" a wl eel. Oneend or the said clamp body 5 is connected by links 7 with one edge 01the shoe 4, and in the preferred embodiment of the invention each or thelinks 7 includes a turn buckle 8 by which the links may be rendered tautwhen necessary. l ivoted at 9 to one end of the clamp body 5 is thelever 10 of the clamp which lever has a looped portion 11 adjacent toits center of movement. looped portion 11 is connected by links 12 withtie opposite edge of the shoe 1, and these links 12 are also bypreference, provided with turn buckles 13.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that the links 12 may beexpeditiously and easily connected to and disconnected from the lever 10in the application or removal of the attachment, and that when the leverit) subsequently to an application of the at taclnnent is positioned asshown by tull lines in ii ignre 1 the attachment will be strongly andsecurely held on the tire portion of the wheel.

hianitestly when applied as stated the attarlunent will serveetiiciently to extricate a drive wheel of an automobile from a hole in aroadway, and will also serve eiliciently in the extrication of" anautomobile from a l ad spot when the drive wheel to which the attachmentis applied is not in a hole.

When our attachment is applied to the tire portion of a front wheel onan automobile, and the lock 1 1, Figure 5. is secured in the aperturedlugs 15 of the clamp body 5 movement of the clamping lever 10 from theposition illustrated will be precluded. Consequently the attachmentcannot be removed from the wheel by an unauthorized person. and hence itfollows that the attachment will serve efliciently as a non-theft signaland as a means of preventing tree movement of an automobile.

Having described our invention, what we claim and desire to secure byLetters-Pat cut. is

1. A wheel attachment comprising a clamp body adapted to be arrangedtransversely at the inner side of a wheel telly. a clamp lever pivotedat one end to one end or The said the body and having a looped heelportion, said leverwhen closed being adapted to rest alongsideaof andclose to the clamp body, a concavo-convex shoe adapted to rest againstthe tread portion of a wheel tire, a blade or lug carried by andprojecting radially from the shoe, said lug extending transversely ofthe shoe, links interposed between one edgeof the shoe and one end ofthe clamp body, and a link connected to the opposite edge of the shoeand adapted to be connected to and disconnected from the loopedhejelportion of the clamp lever.

2. A wheel attachment comprising a clamp body adapted to be arrangedtransversely at the inner side of a wheel felly, a clamp lever pivotedat one end to one end of the body fllldha-ving a looped heel portion,said lever when closed being adapted to rest alongside of andclose tothe clamp body a concavoconvex shoe adapted to rest against thetreadportion of a wheel tire, a blade or lug carried by and projectingradially from the slme, said lug extending transversely of the shoe,links interposed between one edge of the shoe and one end of the clampbody-and including tnrn buckles, and a link connected closed beingarranged to rest alongside the clamp body a shoe of concave-convex formin cross sect1on,a flexible connection between one edge of said shoe andone end of the clamp body, and a flexible connection on the other edgeof the shoe and looped to re ceive and be. detachable a radiallyprojecting and transversely exitending blade or lug at the outerside ofthe shoe and carried thereby.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures.

CLAUDE MACKEY HUGGINS; CALVIN JOHN. CLINE.

I connected to. the looped heel portion oft e clamplever, and

